maia

noun. (angelic) spirit, the Beautiful

Derivations

• ✶Māya ✧ PE19/075; PE19/094
  • √MAG “good (physically); to thrive, be in a good state, good (physically); to thrive, be in a good state; [ᴹ√] use, handle” ✧ VT47/18
  • √MAY “excellent, admirable, beautiful; make [art]; suitable, useful, proper, serviceable; right” ✧ VT47/18
• √MAY “excellent, admirable, beautiful; make [art]; suitable, useful, proper, serviceable; right” ✧ PE17/163; PE17/163; PE17/163

Element in

• Q. Nasser ar Cenime Cantar Valaron ar Maiaron “The Natures and Visible Shapes of the Valar and Maiar” ✧ PE17/175
• ᴺQ. úmaia “demon, devil”
• Q. Úmaiar “Evil Spirits”
• Q. Valar ar Maiar fantaner nassentar fanainen ve quenderinwe coar ar larmar “Valar and Maiar cloaked their true-being in veils, like to Elvish bodies and raiment” ✧ PE17/174; PE17/175

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√MAY > máya > maia	[māja] > [maija] > [maia]	✧ PE17/163
√MAY > máya > maia	[māja] > [maija] > [maia]	✧ PE17/163
√MAY > Maiar	[mājar] > [maijar] > [maiar]	✧ PE17/163
✶magyā > maiya	[magjā] > [maɣjā] > [maijā] > [maija]	✧ PE19/075
✶magyā > maı̯ya > maia	[magjā] > [maɣjā] > [maijā] > [maija] > [maia]	✧ PE19/094

Variations

• maia ✧ MR/340; PE17/163; PE17/163; PE19/075; PE19/094
• maiya ✧ PE19/075
• Máya ✧ VT42/13